Elton John Tour 2010
| Beginning of the tour | January 6, 2010 |
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| End of the tour | December 15, 2010 |
| Total concerts (by continent) |
* 3 continents
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| Concerts in total | 36 |
|
Face to Face Tour (2010) |
Elton John Tour (2010) |
Greatest Hits Tour (2011-12) |
|---|
The Elton John Tour 2010 was a concert tour by British pop musician Elton John . The tour began on January 6, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii and ended on December 15 of the same year in Dublin, Ireland . The Briton has completed a total of 36 concerts on the continents of Africa , Europe and North America . In the middle of the tour, John also appeared with Billy Joel on the face-to-face tour and went on his greatest hits tour in 2011 and 2012 .
backgrounds
Tour itinerary
The tour began in the United States in early January before John only continued the tour in South Africa at the end of March . At the end of May, the British pianist and singer performed at music festivals such as Rock in Rio , the Mawazine Festival and the Jelling Music Festival. The Elton John Tour 2010 continued until the end of June of that year, before the concert was interrupted again. It was not until September that John resumed work on the tour until the end of December 15, 2010. In between he appeared 12 times with Joel, 17 times with Leon Russell and twice with Ray Cooper .
Setlist
The order and selection of the song repertoire remained almost the same throughout the tour. The final concert of the tour from The O₂ in Dublin, Ireland serves as an example of a setlist . Here John began the concert with quiet songs like The One and Sixty Years On and ballads like Ballad of the Boy in the Red Shoes , When Love Is Dying , Never Too Old (To Hold Somebody) or The Greatest Discovery . John also performed hit songs like Border Song , I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues , Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) , Nikita , Tiny Dancer , Philadelphia Freedom and Your Song . On the second set of the show, John played exclusively with his percussionist Ray Cooper. Titles like Funeral for a Friend , Tonight , Levon , Daniel , Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word , Take Me to the Pilot , Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me and Bennie and the Jets were performed before John the concert ended with Candle in the Wind .
occupation
The following musicians performed during the tour.
- Elton John - piano , vocals
- Nigel Olsson - drums , backing vocals
- Davey Johnstone - guitar , backing vocals
- Matt Bissonette - bass guitar , backing vocals
- Ray Cooper - percussion
Tour dates
Individual evidence
- ^ Elton John 2010 Tour. Setlist.FM, accessed on August 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Elton John Artist Statistics 2010. Setlist.FM, accessed on August 14, 2018 (English).
- ^ Elton John The O2 Dublin Ireland. Setlist.FM, accessed on August 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Elton and the Band ( Memento from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Complete tour archive at Setlist.FM (English)